Coill Dubh (Irish pronunciation: [ˌkəil̠ʲ ˈd̪ˠʊw]; meaning "black wood"[5]), also known as Blackwood,[1] is a town in Ireland in northern County Kildare, at the junction of the R403 and R408 regional roads, about 40 km (25 mi) from Dublin. It was one of the fastest growing urban area in Ireland between the 2016 and 2022 census, with its population doubling from 746 to 1,476.[1][2]
Coill Dubh | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Coill Dubh Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°17′32″N 6°49′03″W / 53.29236°N 6.81752°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Kildare |
| Population | 1,476 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 645 | — |
| 1966 | 786 | +21.9% |
| 1971 | 920 | +17.0% |
| 1981 | 876 | −4.8% |
| 1986 | 772 | −11.9% |
| 1991 | 693 | −10.2% |
| 1996 | 682 | −1.6% |
| 2002 | 592 | −13.2% |
| 2006 | 684 | +15.5% |
| 2011 | 693 | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 746 | +7.6% |
| 2022 | 1,476 | +97.9% |
| [1][2][3][4] | ||
The village is home to Coill Dubh GAA club, which has won the Kildare Senior Hurling Championship eleven times.
History
editThe town was established in 1952 on the townland of Blackwood ("Coill Dubh" is an Irish translation), just off the R403 between Prosperous and Timahoe to accommodate workers on the Bord na Mona works supplying a peat fired power station in Allenwood.[6] It replaced earlier temporary workers camps at Killinthomas, Mucklon and Timahoe, with 160 houses and four shops.[7]
See also
editBibliography
edit- Timahoe Historical Society: Historical Paths Revisited with contributions by Owen Denneny, Liam Egan, Patience Pollard, Ted Creavin, Liam Holton, Paddy Byrne, Andy Flaherty, Aileen Saunders and John Clohessy.
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Interactive Data Visualisations: Towns: Coill Dubh (Blackwood)". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
- ^ a b "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Coill Dubh (Blackwood)". Census 2016. CSO. April 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ http://www.cso.ie/census and www.histpop.org
- ^ "Coill Dubh (Kildare, All Towns, Ireland) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information".
- ^ "Coill Dubh / Coill Dubh". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ "Reunion to mark the origins of Coill Dubh". leinsterleader.ie. Leinster Leader. 13 July 2009. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013.
- ^ "Urbanity and Rurality – The Bord na Móna Villages of Frank Gibney". Bord na Móna Living History. October 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2023.